Members of transnational alleged gangs and 2,400 child predators. Coast scal year, the guard saved over 3,500 lives and 319,000 pounds of cocaine, 78,000 pounds of marijuana, worth a total of 4. 3 billion wholesale. In just one mission off the and south ntral america, the cutter stratton alone seized over one billion in along with two drug submerseables. Last year the secret service successfully orchestrated what may have been the largest security operation in the history of this country by security to sical 160 World Leaders at the u. N. Assembly. At the same time, providing security for pope francis as he visited new york, washington, philadelphia. 6st year, fema provided over billion in federal Disaster Assistance and was there to help communities recovering from in texas and South Carolina. Tornados in oklahoma, and the western pacific. This past sunday, dhs personnel service, tsa, fema, nppd, coast guard, and other components led the federal effort to provide ground, air, maritime and super bowl 50. Or then there are the individual by of good and heroic work our people, to save lives and go bove and beyond the call of duty. In late december, nine border on ol agents traveled miles foot or by horseback to come to the aid of an arizona rancher off her horse in a remote mountainous area. Uniformed secret Service Officers helped to save the life of a journalist who suffered a heart attack in the room of the white house. Ast july, coast guard petty officer dare ron harity swam at night in 57degree water in 30 mile per to save the lives of four stranded fishermen. We honor those killed in the line of duty, hsi agent mcguire was killed last month, by a hitandrun driver in miami. Least have had an opportunity to visit with 5yearold son, and hold scotts hand before he was officially declared brain dead. Funeral was 10 days ago in new orleans. Our people do extraordinary work to protect the homeland. A tso, onsider thanking customs officer, or a border agent next time you see one. Who do e people extraordinary work. I know we must improve the which the department conducts business. Like last year, reforming the ay in which the department of Homeland Security functions, to more effectively and efficiently to the our Services American people. Is my new years resolution for 2016. Weve done a lot in the last two years but under the leadership of our undersecretary for management, russ dio, there is still much we will do. Goal as ching secretary, this last year, is to protect the homeland and leave the department of Homeland Security a better place than i found it. He centerpiece of our management reform has been the unity of Effort Initiative i in april 2014, which away from theting sto pipes in favor of more centralized programming, udgeting and acquisition process processes. Transformed our budget. Today were focused Department Wide on Mission Needs rather han through component stove pipes, with the support of copping, were moving to a structure inbudget which line items mean the same across all components. Weve transformed our approach to acquisition. Dhs year, i established a wide joint Requirements Council to evaluate from the viewpoint as a whole, ment our components needs, on the of an acquisition. We have launched the acquisition motion initiative to consult with the contractor community, about ways to improve quality and timeliness of our contracting process. Emerging skills required of our acquisition professionals. Faster contracting processes in place. Our hr process, making our hiring process faster and more efficient. Using all the tools we have to recruit, retain, and reward personnel. Part of the unity of Effort Initiative, in 2014, we created forces dedicated to Border Security along the southern border. Once again, were getting away from the stove pipes. Task forces e became fully operational. Congress ere asking to officially authorize them in legislation. Ere achieving more transparency in our operations. Weve stepped up our office of statistics and gave to immigreat data. Eturns and removals on a consolidated Department Wide basis were determined. The long awaited entryexit overstay report was published in january, providing a clearer of ure of the number individuals in this country who visas. Y their visitor it reflects 1 of those who enter this country by air or sea visitor visas or through the Visa Waiver Program overstay. With outside nonpartisan experts on a project develop a er stat to clear and comprehensive set bout metrics for measuring Border Security, apprehension rates. And inflow since 2013, weve spearheaded something called the dhs data ramework initiative, for the protection of the homeland. Were improving the collection of travel, on other tion and information. Well do this consistent with aws and policy that is protect privacy and civil liberties. As we have proposed to congress, restructure the National Protection and programs doctorate, from a headquarters to an operational cyberand called the nfrastructure protection agency. The budget adopted by congress and signed by the president as omnibus spending deal reached in december. Im very pleased with that. Our homeland f Security Priorities including inally, the completion of the Main Building of the new dh headquarters at st. Elizabeths campus in southeast washington. I will never get to work there. But perhaps to be admitted. [laughter] but perhaps they will name a courtyard or Conference Room after me. The president s budget request for 2017 released two days ago priorities to include aviation security, recapitalization and provides a huge increase in funding for cybersecurity. Finally, we will improve the levels of Employee Satisfaction across the department. Weve been on an Aggressive Campaign to improve morale over the last two years. It takes time to turn a 22 240,000 t work force of people in a different direction. Though the Overall Results last disappointing, we see signs of improvement. Employee satisfaction improved number of components, including dhs headquarters. Year, we will see an improvement in employee dhs. Sfaction across in 2016, counterterrorism will remain the cornerstone of the homeland of securitys mission. He events of 2015 reinforce this. As ive said many times, were in a new phase in the global threat, requiring a whole new type of response. We have moved from a world of terrorist directed attacks to a the threat ncludes of terroristinspired attacks, in which the terrorist may have facetoface with a Single Member of a terrorist us in ation, lives among the homeland, and elfradicalizes, inspired by something hes found on the internet. By their nature, are ristinspired attacks harder to detect by our intelligence and Law Enforcement communities. Occur with little or no notice, and, in general, makes or a more complex Homeland Security challenge. So what are we doing about this . Along our government, with our coalition partners, continues to take the fight terrorist to organizations overseas. Isil is the terrorist prominent on ost the world stage. Since september 2014 air strikes special operations have, in fact, led to the death of a isils leaders and those focused on plotting west. Al attacks in the at the same time, isil has lost about 40 of the Populated Areas once controlled in iraq, and thousands of square miles of once controlled in syria. On the Law Enforcement side, the f. B. I. Continues to do an excellent job of detecting, and tigating, preventing, prosecuting terrorist plots here in the homeland. S for the department of Homeland Security, following the attacks in ottawa, canada in 2014, and reaction to terrorist groups public calls for attacks Government Installations in the western world, i directed our federal protective service enhance his presence and security at various u. S. Government buildings around the country. Given the prospect of the terroristinspired attack on the we have intensified our work with state and local Law Enforcement. Almost every day, dhs and the f. B. I. Share intelligence and joint Terrorism Task forces. Police enters, local chiefs and sheriffs. In fy 15 we provided over 2 illion in Homeland Security assistance to state and local governments around the country or things sufficient as active Shooter Training exercises, overtime for cops and firefighters, salaries for managers, emergency vehicles, and communications and equipment. E we helped to fund an active Shooter Training exercise that ook place in the new york city subways last november, and a of these exercises of these ex last weekend in miami, florida. As i said at a Graduation Ceremony for 1,200 new cops in new york city in december, given environment, reat it is the cop on the beat who may be the first to detect the terrorist attack in the United States. Ere enhancing information sharing with organizations that represent businesses, colleges, sports, essional faithbased organizations, and critical infrastructure. Measures to ng detect and prevent travel to this country by foreign terrorist fighters. Strengthening our Visa Waiver Program, which permits travelers from 38 different here without come a visa. In 2014, we began to collect more personal information in the Electronic System for travel organization, also here without a known as the esta system. Waiver s from visa countries are required to use, as a result of these 3,000 ments, over additional travelers were denied 2015. Here in fy in august, 2015, we introduced tother security enhancements the Visa Waiver Program. Through the passage in december Waiver Program improvement and terrorist travel prevention act of 2015. Congress has codified into law several of these security new cements, and placed restrictions on eligibility for travel to the u. S. Without a visa. To enforce these new restrictions on january 21. Restrictions hese will only be granted on a basis. Case when it is in the Law Enforcement or National SecurityUnited States to do so. Those denied entry under the Visa Waiver Program as a result this new law may still apply for a visa to travel to the u. S. Departmentsng the use of social media, for various purposes. Media is used for operational rent and investigative purposes. Launched in 2014 we four pilot programs that mediaed consulting social for certainly immigration benefits. Reviews the social media of syrian refug refugee enhanceds referred for vetting. Based upon the recent recommendation of a social media dhs. Force within i have determined that we must social media of even further, consistent with law. Cbp is deploying our customs personnel at various airports air d to preclear travelers before they get on flights to the United States. Present, we have this preclearance capability at 15 irports overseas, and last year, through preclearance we denied boarding to over 10,700 travelers or 29 per day seeking to enter the United States. I said here last year, we want to build more of these. Announced 10 additional airports in nine prioritized t we for preclearance. For congress, for years, congress and others have urged system of op a biometric exit. That is, to take the biometric s or other data of those who leave the country. Bp has begun testing technologies that can be deployed for this nationwide, omnibus passage of the bill, congress authorized 1 over a in fee increases period of 10 years to pay for biometric ntation of exit. Have directed cbp to begin implementing the system starting at airports in 2018. Announced the schedule for the final two implementation of the real i. D. Law, which goes into effect two and four years from now. At present, 23 states are in compliant with the law. Extensions, and six states are territories out of compliance. This law, right, jane . Now, that the final timetable this law entation of is in place, well urge all tates for the good of their residents to start issuing real drivers licenses as soon as possible. In the current threat environment, there is a role for too. Ublic, if you see something, say, something, it must be more than slogan. We continue to stress this. Hs has now established partnerships with the nfl, major league baseball, and nascar, to awareness at sporting events. An informed public contributes to National Security. The cember, we formed National Terrorism advisory system. In 2011, we replaced the color alerts with that, but the problem with it was that never used it. Consisted of just two types of alert. Levated and imminent and depended on the presence of a and credible threat. This does not work in the current environment, which of udes the threat homegrown, selfcad ralized inspired attacks. So in december we added a new ntas f advisory, the bulletin. The bulletin we issued in of mber advises the public the current threat environment and how the public can help. Given the nature of the evolving terrorist threat diverse bridges to communities has become a Homeland Security imperative. Families and communities are the best defense ideologies. Orist al qaeda and the Islamic State are targeting muslim communities in this country. We must respond. As importanthis is as any of our other Homeland Security missions. 2015, we took these efforts to new levels. Created the dhs office of Community Partnerships headed by george celine. Now e and this office are the central hub of the departments efforts to counter this t extremism in country and the lead for a new force, that task f. B. I. , dhs, doj, the and other agencies. Were taking aggressive steps to improve aviation and Airport Security. Traveling public should be aware because of this, an increased traveler volume, overall, weight times have somewhat at airports. But we believe this is necessary safety. Publics own enhanced , we have security. A number of foreign governments ave replicated these enhancements. As many of you know, in may of last year, a certain classified generals test of tsa screening at eight airports fail rate andsmal was leaked to the press. 10point plan to fix the problem identified by our inspector general. Leadership of admiral pete over the last six months, tsa has aggressively implemented this plan. 24 has included back to basics, of the entire tso increased use of random race detectors, testing and reevaluating the screening equipment, a rewrite of the Standard Operating Procedures increased manual screening, and less managed eninclusion. Implemented s were on or ahead of schedule. Ere also focused on Airport Security. In april of last year, tsa domestic delines to airports, to reduce access to secure areas to require that all Airline Personnel pass through tsa screening if hey board a flight, to conduct more frequent screening of airport and Airline Personnel, nd to conduct continuous criminal background checks of airport and Airline Personnel. Then, employee Access Points have been reduced, and andom screening of personnel within secure areas has increased fourfold. Efforts tinuing these in 2016, two days ago, tsa issued guidelines to further screening of aviation workers in the secure airports. While counterterrorism remains a cornerstone of our departments concluded that cybersecurity must be another. Improvements to our nations cybersecurity is a top priority for me, and resident bones before we leave office. Wo days ago, the president announced his Cybersecurity National action plan, which is the culmination of seven years effort by his administration. The plan includes a call for the a commission on enhancing national cybersecurity. Dditional investments in technology, federal cybersecurity, cybereducation, federal talent in the work force, and improved responsibility. Dhs has a role in almost every aspect of this plan. Threated in the president s 2017 budget request, we want to cyberresponse teams from 10 to 48. Ere doubling the number of cybersecurity advisers to, in effect, make house calls to private sector organizations, customize ybersecurity assessments and best practices. Building on dhss stop, think, campaign, well have promote Public Awareness on multifactor authentication. Well collaborate with Underwriters Laboratory and others to develop a Assurance Program networks d certify devices within the int